The 1955 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team represented Abilene Christian College—now known as Abilene Christian University—as a member of the Gulf Coast Conference (GCC) during the 1955 college football season. Led by Garvin Beauchamp in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 3–5–2 with a mark of 2–1 in conference play, sharing the GCC title with North Texas State.[1] Abilene Christian's game against Mississippi Southern on November 5 counted in the conference standings even though Mississippi Southern was not a member of the GCC.[2]
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GCC co-champion | |
| Conference | Gulf Coast Conference |
| Record | 3–5–2 (2–1 GCC) |
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| Home stadium | Fair Park Stadium |
Seasons
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| North Texas State + | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian + | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trinity (TX) | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Midwestern (TX) | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | Trinity (TX) |
| W 14–13 | 7,000 | [3] | |
| September 24 | 8:00 p.m. | atEast Texas State* |
| T 7–7 | 6,000 | [4][5] |
| October 1 | atLouisiana Tech* |
| L 7–21 | [6] | ||
| October 15 | 8:00 p.m. | McMurry* |
| L 6–13 | 8,000 | [7][8][9] |
| October 21 | atChattanooga* |
| L 6–7 | 6,300 | [10] | |
| October 29 | atSouthwest Texas State* |
| T 19–19 | [11] | ||
| November 5 | 2:30 p.m. | Mississippi Southern |
| L 0–40 | 7,000 | [12][13][14] |
| November 12 | 2:00 p.m. | atMidwestern (TX) |
| W 26–21 | [15][16] | |
| November 19 | Youngstown State* |
| W 25–12 | 4,000 | [17] | |
| November 24 | 2:00 p.m. | atHoward Payne* |
| L 6–21 | [18][19] | |
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